[PDF] New York Subways eBook

Author : John E. Morris
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,23 MB
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9780762467907

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"New York wouldn't be New York without the subway. This one-time engineering marvel that united and expanded the city has been a cultural touchstone for the last 114 years. Somehow though, there has never been a book that celebrates the subway from the scars it left on the city's fabric to the romantic fantasies it unleashed. Subway will convey a sense of wonder and fun about the world's largest transit system. The book will include a complete, concise history of the subway beginning with the technical obstacles and corruption that impeded plans for an underground rail line in the late 1800s, and the visionary and sometimes wacky schemes put forward in that era for subterranean and elevated transport. It will also tell how additional lines were built and how three independent subway systems were merged, creating the mishmash of numbered and lettered lines we have today.Interspersed throughout will be sidebars and stand-alone sections including profiles of characters that helped make the subway what it is (including the mostly forgotten August Belmont Jr., a flamboyant financier who bankrolled the first subway); graphics and imagery showing the evolution of subway cars, tokens and MetroCards, graffiti, and even subway etiquette ads; how the subway has been characterized in movies, television, and music; a look at abandoned cars and stations and more. Packed with compelling stories, fascinating facts and anecdotes, vivid portraits of the people who made the subway and those who saved it, all supplemented with engrossing imagery and a dynamic design, Subway will be a visual feast and must-have gift book, perfect for any coffee table"--

Author : Clifton Hood
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,33 MB
Release : 2004-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801880544

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When it first opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City subway ran twenty-two miles from City Hall to 145th Street and Lenox Avenue—the longest stretch ever built at one time. From that initial route through the completion of the IND or Independent Subway line in the 1940s, the subway grew to cover 722 miles—long enough to reach from New York to Chicago. In this definitive history, Clifton Hood traces the complex and fascinating story of the New York City subway system, one of the urban engineering marvels of the twentieth century. For the subway's centennial the author supplies a new foreward explaining that now, after a century, "we can see more clearly than ever that this rapid transit system is among the twentieth century's greatest urban achievements."

Author : Gene Sansone
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 40,28 MB
Release : 2004-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801879227

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The first subway line in New York City opened on October 27, 1904. To celebrate the centennial of this event, the Johns Hopkins University Press presents a new edition of Gene Sansone's acclaimed book, Evolution of New York City Subways. Produced under the auspices of New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority, this comprehensive account of the rapid transit system's design and engineering history offers an extensive array of photographs, engineering plans, and technical data for nearly every subway car in the New York City system from the days of steam and cable to the present. The product of years of meticulous research in various city archives, this book is organized by type of car, from the 1903–04 wood and steel Composite cars to the R142 cars put into service in 2000. For each car type, Sansone provides a brief narrative history of its design, construction, and service record, followed by detailed schematic drawings and accompanying tables that provide complete technical data, from the average cost per car and passenger capacity to seat and structure material, axle load, and car weight. Sansone also includes a helpful subway glossary from A Car (the end car in a multiple car coupled unit) to Zone (a section of the train to the conductor's left or right side). Subway and train enthusiasts, students of New York City history, and specialists in the history of technology will appreciate this updated and authoritative reference work about one of the twentieth century's greatest urban achievements.

Author : Dave Frattini
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 39,99 MB
Release : 2000-04
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0312253842

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The only guide you will ever need to travel around New York City by subway.From the theater district of trendy Manhattan to the quaint residential neighborhoods of Queens, every single station in the four boroughs has been researched to help you maneuver the system like a pro.Highly Informative and Resourceful, The Book's Highlight's Include:Noteworthy stations featuring the best in underground artThe best nearby restaurants for affordable, informal and ethnic diningInsightful historic information on the IND, BMT, and IRT transit linesA token rating scale that gives an honest assessment of each station'sDecorCleanlinessSafetySurrounding neighborhoodsNearby points of interest such as museums, theaters, parks and shoppingNew York City residents and visitors alike will find this comprehensive handbook indispensable for riding the mass transit rails.

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Publisher : Gibbs Smith Publishers
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 37,87 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 1586853244

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Includes 12 easy-to-assemble punch-out train cars that are modeled after the historic trains in the collection of the New York Transit Museum.

Author : Brian J. Cudahy
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 26,11 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780823216185

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But as it is in no other city on earth, the subway of New York is intimately woven into the fabric and identity of the city itself.

Author : New York Transit Museum
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,41 MB
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781584793496

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More than 250 extraordinary photographs--including both newly commissioned color photographs and period images from the New York Transit Museum archives--chronicle one hundred years of architectural and design history from the New York City subway system, including everything from the interiors of t

Author : Kyle Knoke
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 30,87 MB
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1633191761

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In Subway Adventure Guide: New York City, residents and tourists alike gain access to off-the-beaten-path adventures in a compact guidebook format and see the New York City that's not featured on postcards sold all over Manhattan. Each of the roughly three dozen end-of-the-line destinations spread out over New York City's five boroughs included in this easy-to-use guide, from restaurants and bars to landmarks and museums, are highlighted in great detail by authors Kyle Knoke and Amy Plitt—what to order, what to see, and how to get there. For even better exploring, each destination is organized by the more than 30 subway lines that run through the city, including handy maps with street names. From delighting in a little-known ethnic restaurant to admiring a local landmark, each adventure contained in this photo-packed pocket guide reveals a new hidden gem of the city. Van Cortlandt Park. Far Rockaway. Bay Ridge. Flatbush Avenue. Subway Adventure Guide: New York City takes you away from the tourist traps and closer to a genuine New York City experience.

Author : Matthew Litwack
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,65 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Graffiti
ISBN : 9781584235545

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Only a handful of transit workers, daring explorers and graffiti writers have experienced the full scope of the New York subway system. Beneath The Streets reveals this world for the first time with fantastic photographs captured from throughout the tunnels and byways of the subway. Although it provides service to over 5 million riders every day, the subway is for most a sealed system. Very few of its patrons are aware of the extent of this vast underground infrastructure. The authors of this important historical work first discovered this hidden world in the process of photographing graffiti found below ground in the subway system. Now their riveting documentary work opens up this subterranean maze, including 600 miles of active track as well as abandoned sections and disused stations, for all to experience.

Author : Lorraine B. Diehl
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 26,27 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN :

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In "Subways," her highly anticipated follow-up to "The Automat," Diehl sets off on another sentimental journey, recounting the true story of a city transformed by underground passageways.